I used to hear sonic booms when I was a kid and I loved them. It was the sound of the future.
Now the future sounds like whiny little babies who can’t take care of themselves and are looking for a handout. - SnarkyBytes
Quote of the Day - Super Sonic Edition
November 15, 2008
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Quote of the Day - Flag and a Bible Edition
November 14, 2008Now is a great time for the Republicans to “get back to their roots”. Lots of folks have lots of suggestions, but really, all they need to do is get back to the small government, fiscally responsible party they were in the ’80’s. They can still have the flag and the Bible, but only if they promise not to fund it with my tax money. - Rustmeister
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I was going to say I hadn’t heard anyone ask this
November 13, 2008But Cam did right before I was going to write this.
There has been a lot of talk about question 59 on the Obama job app questionnaire:
Do you or any members of your immediate family own a gun? If so, provide complete ownership and registration information. Has the registration ever lapsed? Please also describe how and by whom it is used, and whether it has been the cause of any personal injuries or property damage.
While the implications of having this question in the questionnaire are disturbing, showing a disdain for gun owners, I want to raise question 61:
Have you had any association with any person, group or business venture that could be used - even unfairly - to impugn or attack your character and qualifications for government service?
Because we wouldn’t want to have anyone with ties to unrepentant terrorists, hate-spewing anti-American preachers, groups tied to vote fraud, shady land developers, or anything like that in the highest levels of government.
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Quote of the Day - Exonerated Edition
November 11, 2008I hereby declare that the Black President card trumps any race card from now until the thermodynamic heat death of the universe.
Anyone attempting to prod my sense of White Guilt can kiss my exonerated ***. - Harvey, Bad Example
Hat tip Boots & Sabers
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Some unsolicited advice
November 10, 2008If the Republicans want to regain control of Congress, and eventually the Presidency, I think they need to do a few things. First of all: You are Republicans, you are supposed to be the party of smaller Government, lower taxes, and smaller budgets. When you run on those principles, you win. When you don’t, you lose. If you want an example, I can provide 2. Paul Ryan, who is fairly hard Right, won big in areas of his district that went hard for Obama, and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker, who is another strong Conservative, who has won in Milwaukee County in landslides, the same year they voted heavily for Democrat Jim Doyle for Governor.
On that note, don’t think that running to the middle is going to get the mainstream media to like you. They won’t like you. Most of the media likes Liberal Democrats, not Republicans that try to act like Liberals. Furthermore, don’t confuse the mainstream media with mainstream voters. They aren’t the same thing. You need mainstream voters, the mainstream media doesn’t matter.
Secondly, you need a big vision. You need to take the Conservative ideals mentioned above, and craft a vision around them. Cutting taxes, balancing the budget, eliminating earmarks (which you have all become too addicted to,) and restoring liberties are good places to start.
You also need a person to spearhead that vision. An article in The Wall Street Journal recommends Paul Ryan, and I would agree.
Spending the next 2 to 4 years whining about the Democrats isn’t going to get you very far. You might luck out, and the Democrats might over reach themselves, and you will regain control of one or both of the halls of Congress. But if you want any certainty, you need to cast a vision that the American people can identify with. It needs to be big, it needs to be detailed, and above all, it needs to be truly Conservative. And you need to stick to it. The media is going to say bad things about you. You have to ignore them. Doing that, I believe you can win.
And once you have won, you need to remember the ideals that got you there, and not drift to the left like has happened over the last decade.
Quote of the Day - Self Respect Edition
November 10, 2008I said on the program last night that I’m not going to be the conservative Cindy Sheehan. I’m not going to be the conservative Rosie O’Donnell, or the conservative Keith Olbermann. First of all, I don’t think it’ll be helpful, but more importantly, I just have too much self-respect to turn into a little troll. - Cam
I concur. Running around screaming “He’s not my President” and the like is counterproductive. To begin with, he IS your president, and saying that he’s not just makes you appear delusional. Also, it is hard to have any meaningful conversation while acting this way. The Conservative ideals of smaller government, lower taxes, and less government intrusion still resonate with a lot of people, including people in exit polls that said the voted for Barack Obama. Rationally expressing these ideals, and our plans to make them happen, will get us a lot further than incoherent ranting.
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Quote of the Day - Fighting Edition
November 9, 2008Purchasing a fighting rifle, aside from the obvious benefits of having a fighting rifle, makes a definitive statement whose import is not lost. At the very minimum, this statement tell us that the American people loudly reject the claim that fighting rifles do not belong in their hands. - The GeekWithA.45
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Quote of the Day - Working Together Edition
November 8, 2008This past Tuesday, manning the phones to turn out the vote for our NRA endorsed tickets, I was working along side two orthodox Jews; a father and son team. I did not know for what reasons they thought it important to show up to make phone calls. I know little of their overall political philosophy. I’m sure much of it would be alien to me. But for 12 hours in the call center, none of that mattered. For different reasons we were working toward the same thing. Too often gun owners take a black or white path toward building allies; anyone who deosn’t buy in completely is a pariah. To be effective, you have to be willing to work with what fortune gives you someitmes. - Sebastian
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Quote of the Day - Who Wins Edition
November 7, 2008How many times do we have to run this experiment before Republican primary voters learn that “moderate,” “independent,” “maverick” Republicans never win, and right-wing Republicans never lose? - Ann Coulter
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Quote of the Day - Another job Edition
November 6, 2008My job now is not to destroy Obama. He was elected fair and square (enough) and it is his right to take the office. My job now is harder than I’d have ever imagined. It is to talk to my fellow Americans and try to instill into them a sense of personal responsibility, of freedom and liberty, and get them to realize that granting the government power to make their decisions for them is not in their best long term interests. - Robb
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